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Where does “video-” come from?

video- (English) comes from English video, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

video- (English): moving images, especially television

Definitions

  1. moving images, especially television

Ancestry of “video-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvideoTelevision, television show, movie; A short film...
2Latinvideō—
3Proto-Italicwidēōsee
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “video-”

  • videocassette
  • videofluoroscopy
  • videofluoroscopic
  • videomicroscopy
  • videoendoscopic
  • videogram
  • videokeratography
  • videoblog
  • videotelephony
  • videomicroscopic
  • videomanometry
  • videoteleconferencing
  • videotelephone
  • videocentric
  • videoteleconference
  • videodrome
  • videoterminal
  • videofluoroscopically
  • videocall
  • videofit
  • videocapillaroscopy
  • videoclass
  • videoendoscopically
  • видеокасета
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